No Christmas Tree, No Christmas Tree...

The kids had a great Christmas morning and I took all sorts of lovely photos of their wonder, joy and excitement as they opened their gifts, saw the big dollhouse and one of those cars you can actually drive (both compliments of angels in the neighborhood) but I can't view them or share them because I don't have them due to them being on my brother's camera that I stole right after this photo was snapped.

Stealing aside, I would like to point out that I actually purchased a new Christmas and Easter blouse. After three years of wearing my lovely periwinkle one in all of the holiday photos, I couldn't tell which year it was when I looked at the pictures as I am apparently ageless thanks to new camera technology. Fortunately, I can tell which photos are last year's as a little Chinese child began appearing with us at that time. Also, given my ego, I figured that royal purple suited me so I went out and found some.

So, I think I stole his camera because it was silver. As it isn't the same size as mine or the same brand, I must assume I took it because my brother negligently left it near the door. Or it could have been my lack of sleep for several days getting ready for the big event.

Now, I could have taken his card out and downloaded the pictures but then I thought about it. What if he had some of "those" kind of photos on it? Was I up to seeing his birthmark once again? Made the prudent decision. Hopefully, they'll send me a disk.